Wednesday, April 1
Wichita, Kan.
7:00 p.m. ET
Columbia
vs
BYU
Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Josh Wang
(4) Columbia Set to Face (1) BYU Wednesday in the WBIT Championship Game
3/31/2026 6:37:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Lions and Cougars meet for the first time since 1995
WICHITA, Kan. – No. 4 seed Columbia (24-8, 11-3 Ivy) takes on top-seeded Brigham Young University (26-11, 9-9 Big 12) in the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament Championship Game. The game will take place at Charles Koch Arena on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET. This will be the first meeting between the two programs since the 1995 Dead River Co. Tip-off Classic in Orono, Maine.
GAME COVERAGE
• Krista Blunk and Tabitha Turner will have the call for Wednesday's title game on ESPN2.
• Westwood One Sports will carry a radio feed of Wednesday's Championship Game. Steve Strain and Pam Roecker will be on the call.
• Live Stats are available on Stat Broadcast. Fans can also keep up with the action by following @CULionsWBB on X and Instagram.
OPENING TIPS
• Columbia takes on Brigham Young University in the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament Championship Game on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET. This will be the first meeting between the two programs since 1995.
• Columbia has dominated in the WBIT. The Lions have led for 151 minutes and 26 seconds out of a possible 160 minutes, which accounts for 94.6% of the tournament. They've trailed for just 3 minutes and 9 seconds (1.9%). The road to the championship game has included a 48-point home win over St. John's, a 29-point road win at top-seeded North Dakota State, a hard-fought 74-68 road win at California, and a 17-point win in the semifinals against Wisconsin. In the WBIT, the Lions are averaging 75.3 points per game, shooting 48.3% from the field, outscoring opponents by 25.0 points per game, outrebounding them by 14.0 per game, averaging 12.0 steals and forcing opponents into 18.5 turnovers.
• Riley Weiss (21.5), Perri Page (17.5) and Mia Broom (16.0) are averaging a combined 55 points per game in the WBIT, which is 4.7 points more per game than Columbia's opponents combined (50.3). Page is shooting 55.2% from the floor and averages a team-best 6.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals. Weiss is shooting 50.7%, including 47.8% from 3-point range. Broom has hit 50.0% (12-24) from deep, and is averaging 6.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.8 steals. During the regular season, Broom averaged just 6.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals, and shot 32 percent from the field.
• AP All-America Honorable Mention and Ivy League Player of the Year Riley Weiss leads Columbia in scoring at 20.1 points per game. She broke Columbia's single-season scoring record in the win at Cal, and enters the WBIT Championship Game with 642 points. She ranks top 20 in the NCAA in scoring average and 3-pointers made per game (2.84). She is also the Ivy League leader in total threes (91), 3-point percentage (38.1%) and total field goals made (232).
• Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year Perri Page leads the league in steals (79) and steals per game (2.5). She broke Columbia's single-season steals record in last Thursday's win at California, which was set last season by Kitty Henderson (78). Page and UConn's Sarah Strong are the only two players in the country to average at least 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals, 2.0 assists and shoot at least 50 percent from the field.
• Lavine Family Head Coach of Women's Basketball Megan Griffith '07CC is a combined 20-20 against power conference opponents. This includes games against the ACC, BIG EAST, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, and Pac-12 (until 2024). Griffith is 12-2 against the BIG EAST, 6-6 against the ACC, 2-1 against the Big Ten, 0-6 against the SEC, 0-4 against the Big 12, and 0-1 against the Pac-12. Griffith has led the Lions to their first wins in program history against the ACC, BIG EAST and Big Ten, and looks to add the program's first Big 12 win on Wednesday against BYU.
WISCONSIN POSTGAME NOTES (Mar. 30)
• Columbia earned its second win in program history over a Big Ten opponent. The first came over Washington in the First Four of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, 63-60.
• Susie Rafiu played a career-high 36 minutes
• Eirny Erinugha had a career-high seven rebounds.
• Perri Page broke into the top 15 at Columbia in career rebounds. She now has 537.
WEISS'S RECORD SCORING SEASON
• Weiss is currently fourth in Ivy history for points in a season (642). She passed Harvard's Hana Peljto (641, 2003-24) in her 21-point performance against Wisconsin (Mar. 30). She is nine points behind Harvard's Harmoni Turner (653, 2024-25) for the No. 3 spot. The Ivy record is 797 by Allison Feaster (Harvard, 1997-98).
• Riley Weiss has scored a Columbia single-season record 642 points so far this season.
• Weiss's scoring average (20.1) currently ranks fourth at Columbia for a single season.
THE SENIOR CAPTAINS
• Susie Rafiu and Perri Page are Columbia's only two seniors and co-captains. In their time at Columbia, the Lions have gone a combined 99-28 (.780), including a run to the 2023 WNIT Championship Game, Columbia's first NCAA Tournament selection in 2024, and first NCAA Tournament win in 2025. They have now added a run to the 2026 WBIT Championship Game, and will look to close their careers with their 100th win.
• Entering the WBIT Semifinals, Rafiu has played in 108 career games and made 75 starts. She has totaled 657 points, 411 rebounds, 114 assists, 91 steals and 48 blocks. She ranks No. 5 in Columbia women's basketball history in field goal percentage at 51.1% for her career.
• Page has played in 111 games and made 61 starts in her career, including all 32 starts this season. She has totaled 919 career points, 537 rebounds, 160 steals, 141 assists and 29 blocks. Page ranks No. 6 at Columbia in career steals, No. 7 in field goal percentage (50.3%) and 15th in rebounds.
ROAD WARRIORS
• Columbia is 13-1 (.929) in true road games this season, which is the fifth-best road record in the country. Only UConn (12-0), UCLA (9-0), North Dakota State (12-0) and Louisville (9-0) are undefeated in such games.
• When including neutral-site games, the Lions are 15-4 (.779). They went 1-2 at the Cancun Challenge, defeating eventual Summit League Tournament Champion South Dakota State, 80-67. They also suffered a narrow, 95-92, loss to Kansas State and played UNC close, trailing by just two with 2:00 left in the third.
• Columbia won 16 straight true road games from Dec. 21, 2024 - Jan. 30, 2026, which was the longest active "away" winning streak in the country. The streak did not include "neutral" site games.
• The Lions went 12-0 in true road games during the 2025 calendar year and were the only team in the nation to post an undefeated record.
• Columbia defeated then-No. 19 Princeton, 73-67, on Jan. 30, 2026 to extend the streak to 16 games.
• Penn ended the streak with a 64-55 win over Columbia the next night, Jan. 31, at the Palestra.
THE ROAD TO WICHITA
• Since departing for their WBIT Second Round game at North Dakota State last Friday, March 20, Columbia has spent a total of just 41 hours in New York City. After defeating the Bison on Sunday afternoon, March 22, the Lions landed back in NYC on Monday, March 23, at 1:15 a.m. ET. They took off for San Francisco at 6:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 24, earned a 74-68 win at Cal on Thursday night, March 26, and departed for Kansas on Friday, March 27. Columbia landed in Wichita on Friday at 5:30 p.m. local time. Over that time, the Lions have flown approximately 5,970 miles.
RECORD BOOK TRACKER
• Perri Page enters the game with 537 career rebounds and has moved into the top 15 in Columbia's career record book. She is the 17th player in program history to reach 500 career rebounds.
• Page broke Columbia's single-season steals record with her 79th in the win at Cal (Mar. 26). The previous mark of 78 was set last year by Kitty Henderson '25CC.
• Weiss's 642 points are a new single-season record. The No. 7 spot is owned by her as well, scoring 553 last season. Weiss, Camille Zimmerman '18CC and Abbey Hsu '24CC are the only three players to reach 600.
• Weiss (1,409) is No. 4 on Columbia's all-time scoring list. She passed Tori Oliver (1,337, 2013-17) in the WBIT First Round win over St. John's, and passed Kitty Henderson (1,350, 2021-25) in her 21-point game at NDSU.
• Weiss (502) is No. 7 all-time in field goals made.
• Weiss (230) is 10th in Ivy League history in three-pointers made. She passed Brown's Sophie Bikofsky (2001-05) in the win over NDSU (Mar. 22). The No. 9 spot is owned by Addie Micir (240, Princeton, 2007-11).
• Perri Page (160) is sixth all-time at Columbia in steals. She passed Megan Griffith '07CC (151) in the win over St. John's (Mar. 19). She is three steals from passing Shawnee Pickney (2007-11) and entering the top five.
• Susie Rafiu (51.1%) is No. 5 all-time in field goal percentage. Page ranks seventh (50.3%).
WEISS IS NICE
• Ivy League Player of the Year Riley Weiss is one of three players in the NCAA to score 38+ points in multiple games this season. The other two are Iowa State's Audi Crooks and Ohio State's Jaloni Cambridge.
• Weiss is the first player in the NCAA since Caitlin Clark (Iowa) and Madison Conner (TCU) to have multiple games with 9+ made threes in a single season. Clark and Conner did it during the 2023-24 season.
• In her 38-point performance at Cornell (Feb. 7), Weiss tied the Columbia record with nine made threes. It is the second time she has made 9+ threes in a game this season. The other came in her record-breaking 40-point performance against Dartmouth.
• Weiss is a finalist for the L'Cheisman Award, presented to the top Jewish athlete in the country by the Manischewitz Athletic Honors Society.
• Weiss earned six Ivy League Player of the Week selections, becoming the seventh player in league history to earn as many in a season. She is a two-time Met Basketball Writers Association Women's Div. I Player of the Wee, a USBWA Women's National Player of the Week in January, twice named an AP Honorable Mention Player of the Week (Feb. 17, Mar. 3), and named to the NCAA Starting 5 of the Week (Jan. 27).
CALIFORNIA POSTGAME NOTES (Mar. 26) – WBIT Quarterfinals
• Columbia scored zero bench points. It's the first time the Lions won a game with zero bench points since March 24, 2022, when they took down Boston College, 54-51, in the Round of 16 of the WNIT.
• Cal's 51.0% shooting is the best by an opponent in a Columbia victory since the Lions defeated Washington in the 2025 NCAA First Four, 63-60. The Huskies shot 52.9% in that game.
• Mia Broom played the full 40 minutes for the first time in her career.
• Perri Page went 11-of-17 from the field, recording her third game of the season with at least 10 made field goals.
• Page matched her career-high in made field goals and hit a new career-high in attempts (11-17).
NDSU POSTGAME NOTES (Mar. 22) – WBIT Round 2
• Columbia's 56 points in the first half were its most in a half in program history. It was the team's first 50-point half since Dec. 1, 2022, when the Lions led Marist 54-23 at halftime and went on to win, 103-54.
• Three Lions scored 20+ points in the same game for the first time since March 1, 2019, when Janiya Clemmons (23), Sienna Durr (22) and Riley Casey (20) did it in a 93-62 win over Brown.
• Mia Broom hit career-highs in points (26), field goals made and attempted (10-20) and three-pointers made and attempted (5-9). Her previous career scoring high was 16 this season at Dartmouth (Feb. 21).
• Perri Page tied career-highs in field goals made (11) and assists (5), and had a career game shooting (11-14, 78.6%).
• Columbia shot 50% or better from the field for the ninth time this season.
• Hilke Feldrappe played a career-high 24 minutes
• Weiss tallied her 30th career 20-point game.
• Weiss (599) passed Ellen Bossert '86BC (598) for fourth on Columbia's single-season scoring list. She also moved to third on in single-season field goals (216).
• Weiss passed Kitty Henderson '25CC (1,350 points) for fourth on Columbia's all-time scoring list.
• Page climbed to second in single-season steals (75).
ST. JOHN'S POSTGAME NOTES (Mar. 19) – WBIT Round 1
• St. John's 26 points are the fewest allowed against a Division I opponent in program history. The previous record was 32, on multiple occasions, most recently in an 89-32 win over Dartmouth on Jan. 24, 2026.
• St. John's 26 points are the fewest in the three-year history of the WBIT. Columbia's 48-point margin of victory is the largest in tournament history.
• Columbia had 17 steals, forced 27 turnovers, and outscored St. John's 28-0 in points off turnovers.
• Columbia won its ninth straight game against a New York City opponent.
• Nasi Simmons had a career-high 10 rebounds off the bench. It marks the second time this season a Lion had 10+ rebounds off the bench (Mia Broom at Ohio, Nov. 9).
• Mia Broom tied a career-high with five steals.
#EDGE
• Since Megan Griffith became the head coach of the Lions in 2016, the program's motto has been "EDGE" which stands for "Energy, Discipline, Grit and Excellence."
ABOUT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
• Columbia University was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of King George II of England. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States. One of eight members of the Ivy League, Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields.
COLUMBIA-BARNARD ATHLETIC CONSORTIUM
• Women's basketball at Columbia began in 1984-85, one year after the creation of the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium. Two years later, Columbia became an NCAA Div. I program (1986-87). Prior to the formation of the consortium, the women's basketball program competed at neighboring Barnard College as the Barnard Bears.
• The creation of the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium in 1983 was an unprecedented endeavor. Made in tandem with Columbia's decision to become coed, a request to the NCAA allowed the two schools to form an athletic consortium, making Barnard the only women's college in the country whose students could compete on Division I athletics teams.
• Columbia currently has three players on the team who attend Barnard College: Hilke Feldrappe, Blau Tor and Alicia Mitchell.
FOLLOW THE LIONS
For the latest on the Columbia women's basketball, follow @CULionsWBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
GAME COVERAGE
• Krista Blunk and Tabitha Turner will have the call for Wednesday's title game on ESPN2.
• Westwood One Sports will carry a radio feed of Wednesday's Championship Game. Steve Strain and Pam Roecker will be on the call.
• Live Stats are available on Stat Broadcast. Fans can also keep up with the action by following @CULionsWBB on X and Instagram.
OPENING TIPS
• Columbia takes on Brigham Young University in the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament Championship Game on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET. This will be the first meeting between the two programs since 1995.
• Columbia has dominated in the WBIT. The Lions have led for 151 minutes and 26 seconds out of a possible 160 minutes, which accounts for 94.6% of the tournament. They've trailed for just 3 minutes and 9 seconds (1.9%). The road to the championship game has included a 48-point home win over St. John's, a 29-point road win at top-seeded North Dakota State, a hard-fought 74-68 road win at California, and a 17-point win in the semifinals against Wisconsin. In the WBIT, the Lions are averaging 75.3 points per game, shooting 48.3% from the field, outscoring opponents by 25.0 points per game, outrebounding them by 14.0 per game, averaging 12.0 steals and forcing opponents into 18.5 turnovers.
• Riley Weiss (21.5), Perri Page (17.5) and Mia Broom (16.0) are averaging a combined 55 points per game in the WBIT, which is 4.7 points more per game than Columbia's opponents combined (50.3). Page is shooting 55.2% from the floor and averages a team-best 6.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals. Weiss is shooting 50.7%, including 47.8% from 3-point range. Broom has hit 50.0% (12-24) from deep, and is averaging 6.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.8 steals. During the regular season, Broom averaged just 6.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals, and shot 32 percent from the field.
• AP All-America Honorable Mention and Ivy League Player of the Year Riley Weiss leads Columbia in scoring at 20.1 points per game. She broke Columbia's single-season scoring record in the win at Cal, and enters the WBIT Championship Game with 642 points. She ranks top 20 in the NCAA in scoring average and 3-pointers made per game (2.84). She is also the Ivy League leader in total threes (91), 3-point percentage (38.1%) and total field goals made (232).
• Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year Perri Page leads the league in steals (79) and steals per game (2.5). She broke Columbia's single-season steals record in last Thursday's win at California, which was set last season by Kitty Henderson (78). Page and UConn's Sarah Strong are the only two players in the country to average at least 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals, 2.0 assists and shoot at least 50 percent from the field.
• Lavine Family Head Coach of Women's Basketball Megan Griffith '07CC is a combined 20-20 against power conference opponents. This includes games against the ACC, BIG EAST, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, and Pac-12 (until 2024). Griffith is 12-2 against the BIG EAST, 6-6 against the ACC, 2-1 against the Big Ten, 0-6 against the SEC, 0-4 against the Big 12, and 0-1 against the Pac-12. Griffith has led the Lions to their first wins in program history against the ACC, BIG EAST and Big Ten, and looks to add the program's first Big 12 win on Wednesday against BYU.
WISCONSIN POSTGAME NOTES (Mar. 30)
• Columbia earned its second win in program history over a Big Ten opponent. The first came over Washington in the First Four of the 2025 NCAA Tournament, 63-60.
• Susie Rafiu played a career-high 36 minutes
• Eirny Erinugha had a career-high seven rebounds.
• Perri Page broke into the top 15 at Columbia in career rebounds. She now has 537.
WEISS'S RECORD SCORING SEASON
• Weiss is currently fourth in Ivy history for points in a season (642). She passed Harvard's Hana Peljto (641, 2003-24) in her 21-point performance against Wisconsin (Mar. 30). She is nine points behind Harvard's Harmoni Turner (653, 2024-25) for the No. 3 spot. The Ivy record is 797 by Allison Feaster (Harvard, 1997-98).
• Riley Weiss has scored a Columbia single-season record 642 points so far this season.
• Weiss's scoring average (20.1) currently ranks fourth at Columbia for a single season.
THE SENIOR CAPTAINS
• Susie Rafiu and Perri Page are Columbia's only two seniors and co-captains. In their time at Columbia, the Lions have gone a combined 99-28 (.780), including a run to the 2023 WNIT Championship Game, Columbia's first NCAA Tournament selection in 2024, and first NCAA Tournament win in 2025. They have now added a run to the 2026 WBIT Championship Game, and will look to close their careers with their 100th win.
• Entering the WBIT Semifinals, Rafiu has played in 108 career games and made 75 starts. She has totaled 657 points, 411 rebounds, 114 assists, 91 steals and 48 blocks. She ranks No. 5 in Columbia women's basketball history in field goal percentage at 51.1% for her career.
• Page has played in 111 games and made 61 starts in her career, including all 32 starts this season. She has totaled 919 career points, 537 rebounds, 160 steals, 141 assists and 29 blocks. Page ranks No. 6 at Columbia in career steals, No. 7 in field goal percentage (50.3%) and 15th in rebounds.
ROAD WARRIORS
• Columbia is 13-1 (.929) in true road games this season, which is the fifth-best road record in the country. Only UConn (12-0), UCLA (9-0), North Dakota State (12-0) and Louisville (9-0) are undefeated in such games.
• When including neutral-site games, the Lions are 15-4 (.779). They went 1-2 at the Cancun Challenge, defeating eventual Summit League Tournament Champion South Dakota State, 80-67. They also suffered a narrow, 95-92, loss to Kansas State and played UNC close, trailing by just two with 2:00 left in the third.
• Columbia won 16 straight true road games from Dec. 21, 2024 - Jan. 30, 2026, which was the longest active "away" winning streak in the country. The streak did not include "neutral" site games.
• The Lions went 12-0 in true road games during the 2025 calendar year and were the only team in the nation to post an undefeated record.
• Columbia defeated then-No. 19 Princeton, 73-67, on Jan. 30, 2026 to extend the streak to 16 games.
• Penn ended the streak with a 64-55 win over Columbia the next night, Jan. 31, at the Palestra.
THE ROAD TO WICHITA
• Since departing for their WBIT Second Round game at North Dakota State last Friday, March 20, Columbia has spent a total of just 41 hours in New York City. After defeating the Bison on Sunday afternoon, March 22, the Lions landed back in NYC on Monday, March 23, at 1:15 a.m. ET. They took off for San Francisco at 6:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 24, earned a 74-68 win at Cal on Thursday night, March 26, and departed for Kansas on Friday, March 27. Columbia landed in Wichita on Friday at 5:30 p.m. local time. Over that time, the Lions have flown approximately 5,970 miles.
RECORD BOOK TRACKER
• Perri Page enters the game with 537 career rebounds and has moved into the top 15 in Columbia's career record book. She is the 17th player in program history to reach 500 career rebounds.
• Page broke Columbia's single-season steals record with her 79th in the win at Cal (Mar. 26). The previous mark of 78 was set last year by Kitty Henderson '25CC.
• Weiss's 642 points are a new single-season record. The No. 7 spot is owned by her as well, scoring 553 last season. Weiss, Camille Zimmerman '18CC and Abbey Hsu '24CC are the only three players to reach 600.
• Weiss (1,409) is No. 4 on Columbia's all-time scoring list. She passed Tori Oliver (1,337, 2013-17) in the WBIT First Round win over St. John's, and passed Kitty Henderson (1,350, 2021-25) in her 21-point game at NDSU.
• Weiss (502) is No. 7 all-time in field goals made.
• Weiss (230) is 10th in Ivy League history in three-pointers made. She passed Brown's Sophie Bikofsky (2001-05) in the win over NDSU (Mar. 22). The No. 9 spot is owned by Addie Micir (240, Princeton, 2007-11).
• Perri Page (160) is sixth all-time at Columbia in steals. She passed Megan Griffith '07CC (151) in the win over St. John's (Mar. 19). She is three steals from passing Shawnee Pickney (2007-11) and entering the top five.
• Susie Rafiu (51.1%) is No. 5 all-time in field goal percentage. Page ranks seventh (50.3%).
WEISS IS NICE
• Ivy League Player of the Year Riley Weiss is one of three players in the NCAA to score 38+ points in multiple games this season. The other two are Iowa State's Audi Crooks and Ohio State's Jaloni Cambridge.
• Weiss is the first player in the NCAA since Caitlin Clark (Iowa) and Madison Conner (TCU) to have multiple games with 9+ made threes in a single season. Clark and Conner did it during the 2023-24 season.
• In her 38-point performance at Cornell (Feb. 7), Weiss tied the Columbia record with nine made threes. It is the second time she has made 9+ threes in a game this season. The other came in her record-breaking 40-point performance against Dartmouth.
• Weiss is a finalist for the L'Cheisman Award, presented to the top Jewish athlete in the country by the Manischewitz Athletic Honors Society.
• Weiss earned six Ivy League Player of the Week selections, becoming the seventh player in league history to earn as many in a season. She is a two-time Met Basketball Writers Association Women's Div. I Player of the Wee, a USBWA Women's National Player of the Week in January, twice named an AP Honorable Mention Player of the Week (Feb. 17, Mar. 3), and named to the NCAA Starting 5 of the Week (Jan. 27).
CALIFORNIA POSTGAME NOTES (Mar. 26) – WBIT Quarterfinals
• Columbia scored zero bench points. It's the first time the Lions won a game with zero bench points since March 24, 2022, when they took down Boston College, 54-51, in the Round of 16 of the WNIT.
• Cal's 51.0% shooting is the best by an opponent in a Columbia victory since the Lions defeated Washington in the 2025 NCAA First Four, 63-60. The Huskies shot 52.9% in that game.
• Mia Broom played the full 40 minutes for the first time in her career.
• Perri Page went 11-of-17 from the field, recording her third game of the season with at least 10 made field goals.
• Page matched her career-high in made field goals and hit a new career-high in attempts (11-17).
NDSU POSTGAME NOTES (Mar. 22) – WBIT Round 2
• Columbia's 56 points in the first half were its most in a half in program history. It was the team's first 50-point half since Dec. 1, 2022, when the Lions led Marist 54-23 at halftime and went on to win, 103-54.
• Three Lions scored 20+ points in the same game for the first time since March 1, 2019, when Janiya Clemmons (23), Sienna Durr (22) and Riley Casey (20) did it in a 93-62 win over Brown.
• Mia Broom hit career-highs in points (26), field goals made and attempted (10-20) and three-pointers made and attempted (5-9). Her previous career scoring high was 16 this season at Dartmouth (Feb. 21).
• Perri Page tied career-highs in field goals made (11) and assists (5), and had a career game shooting (11-14, 78.6%).
• Columbia shot 50% or better from the field for the ninth time this season.
• Hilke Feldrappe played a career-high 24 minutes
• Weiss tallied her 30th career 20-point game.
• Weiss (599) passed Ellen Bossert '86BC (598) for fourth on Columbia's single-season scoring list. She also moved to third on in single-season field goals (216).
• Weiss passed Kitty Henderson '25CC (1,350 points) for fourth on Columbia's all-time scoring list.
• Page climbed to second in single-season steals (75).
ST. JOHN'S POSTGAME NOTES (Mar. 19) – WBIT Round 1
• St. John's 26 points are the fewest allowed against a Division I opponent in program history. The previous record was 32, on multiple occasions, most recently in an 89-32 win over Dartmouth on Jan. 24, 2026.
• St. John's 26 points are the fewest in the three-year history of the WBIT. Columbia's 48-point margin of victory is the largest in tournament history.
• Columbia had 17 steals, forced 27 turnovers, and outscored St. John's 28-0 in points off turnovers.
• Columbia won its ninth straight game against a New York City opponent.
• Nasi Simmons had a career-high 10 rebounds off the bench. It marks the second time this season a Lion had 10+ rebounds off the bench (Mia Broom at Ohio, Nov. 9).
• Mia Broom tied a career-high with five steals.
#EDGE
• Since Megan Griffith became the head coach of the Lions in 2016, the program's motto has been "EDGE" which stands for "Energy, Discipline, Grit and Excellence."
ABOUT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
• Columbia University was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of King George II of England. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States. One of eight members of the Ivy League, Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields.
COLUMBIA-BARNARD ATHLETIC CONSORTIUM
• Women's basketball at Columbia began in 1984-85, one year after the creation of the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium. Two years later, Columbia became an NCAA Div. I program (1986-87). Prior to the formation of the consortium, the women's basketball program competed at neighboring Barnard College as the Barnard Bears.
• The creation of the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium in 1983 was an unprecedented endeavor. Made in tandem with Columbia's decision to become coed, a request to the NCAA allowed the two schools to form an athletic consortium, making Barnard the only women's college in the country whose students could compete on Division I athletics teams.
• Columbia currently has three players on the team who attend Barnard College: Hilke Feldrappe, Blau Tor and Alicia Mitchell.
FOLLOW THE LIONS
For the latest on the Columbia women's basketball, follow @CULionsWBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
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